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Tonight, at the Republican National Convention in New York, George W. Bush will step onto the podium and accept his party's nomination for president. Though conventions themselves have receded in importance, the acceptance speech has remained potent,...

Venturing forcefully into one of the more contentious issues of the campaign, Laura Bush on Monday defended the limits her husband had imposed on embryonic stem cell research and criticized those who suggested that the research could lead quickly to...

By JOHN TIERNEY; Kristen A. Lee contributed reporting for this article

Nov. 2 Futures Traded Now SENATOR John Kerry's failure to get a bounce in the polls after the Democratic convention may have surprised the chattering classes, but not the people who let their money do the talking. Political strategists and...

Rehabilitating The L-word Call it the Night of the Piranha -- the smiling piranha. Trial lawyers were practically giddy on Wednesday as one of their own, Senator John Edwards, became the Democratic vice presidential nominee. As Mr. Edwards...

When Ron Reagan gave his speech on stem cell research before the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night, medical researchers were taking careful note. It was just so important to them that he get the details right, that he make no mistakes...

With a rallying cry from one of its bright young hopes, a roar from its old liberal lion and a loving endorsement from the candidate's own outspoken wife, the Democratic Party offered up John Kerry on Tuesday night as a worthy heir to the patriots of...